On 27 November 2012 19:51, Richard Stallman wrote:
> When what you're really talking about is GNU, please don't call it
> "Linux" -- particularly in the context of a GNU activity such as this
> ne. We started GNOME so that GNU/Linux would have a 100% free
> software desktop environment, which is
On Tue, Nov 27, 2012 at 5:15 PM, Liam R E Quin wrote:
> On Tue, 2012-11-27 at 17:06 -0800, Jeremy Allison wrote:
>> Is the GNU system for programmers only ? I doubt that is what you
>> mean.
>
> I'm sure it isn't.
I know :-), I'm just pointing out that's what it looked like.
> The software for
On Tue, 2012-11-27 at 17:06 -0800, Jeremy Allison wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 27, 2012 at 4:51 PM, Richard Stallman wrote:
>
> > GNU/Linux is mostly used on PCs, but we want it to be used on tablets
> > and phones too. Thus, making GNOME work well on those machines is
> > useful. However, until the da
On Tue, Nov 27, 2012 at 4:51 PM, Richard Stallman wrote:
> GNU/Linux is mostly used on PCs, but we want it to be used on tablets
> and phones too. Thus, making GNOME work well on those machines is
> useful. However, until the day people prefer to do programming on a
> tablet, the desktop will r
I'm not talking about Linux
versus Windows,
Linux and Windows are not comparable: Windows is a complete operating
system, but Linux is just a kernel. I think you must have in mind
the rivalry between Windows and the GNU/Linux system.
When what you're really talking about is GNU, please d
On Tue, Nov 27, 2012 at 3:15 AM, Stormy Peters wrote:
>
> * The desktop market is not growing. We can continue to define ourselves
> as a desktop but that's not a growing market. I'm not talking about Linux
> versus Windows, I'm talking about desktop vs mobile. The average computer
> user in the d
I enjoyed reading everyone's responses.
And while I agree with Jason that a mailing list is not the best way to
reach a proposal and consensus, I do think it's really important for us to
have this discussion as a project and for everyone to be able to follow
along.
I just have a few thoughts I'd
